Posted on 12/15/2011 12:39:05 PM PST by bgill
India has the ultimate idea in recycling. They make bags out of children’s used school papers. You buy a pound of sugar and then can read a kid’s spelling lesson on the side of the package. The liberals wouldn’t go for this because adults would actually find out what the kids are learning! :-)
While I have seen “green” reusable bags made out of recycled materials, most are pretty flimsy and will soon end up in landfills anyway. Some heavier bags, particularly those that are insulated, may not be recyclable at all and may be made of plastics from oil. What ever happened to those biodegradable bags made from corn starch? When I was a kid, the local grocery store packed your groceries in re-used boxes.
My company puts more plastic wrap and equipment packaging in one day in dumpsters than an entire city tosses in the way of plastic shopping bags in the garbage. If the plastic is so terrible, come with a way to make something good from it. I bet it would make a good fuel for generating electricity.
I used to live in Anderson Mill - like five houses from the Travis county line. The reason we moved was because of drug use at the elementary school when our daughter was getting ready to start school. If you are listening to KLBJ in Austin, they also want people to quit putting food leftovers into the garbage disposals too.
In my neck of the woods, this type of plan goes into effect Jan. 1, though it’s only 5 cents per bag.
They have the never to call it a “fee” and deny it’s a tax, when it’s about the clearest example of an excise tax as you’ll ever see.
In Maine, unless somebody kept it cleared, we'd have a tree every square foot. Come take some of them please.
Same with tires, to make both clean heat and power.
See: Gasification
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